#AEB420#AEB420

#AEB420 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.156 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB420
RGB	rgb(174, 180, 32)
HSL	hsl(62, 70%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(62, 82%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 82.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.70, -18.62, 67.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.70, 69.55, 105.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% -0.0589 0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.156 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.0387, 41.7463, 7.6310)
Luminance	0.4174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB420 #2620B4

analogous

#B47020 #AEB420 #64B420

triadic

#AEB420 #20AEB4 #B420AE

tetradic

#AEB420 #20B470 #2620B4 #B42064

square

#AEB420 #20B470 #2620B4 #B42064

split-complementary

#AEB420 #2064B4 #7020B4

monochromatic

#4A4C0E #7C8017 #AEB420 #D5DB36 #E0E46A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#AEB420 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#AEB420 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB420

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB420	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB420	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA89A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb420;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 180, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.156 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caca6b',
    500: '#aeb420',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb420;
$custom-light: #caca6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb420",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.432,
    "s": 69.811,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74101,
    "c": 0.15622,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB420

secondary

#6A66CA

accent

#3BED42

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141308

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB420

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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